"Small" in Moroccan Arabic

In Moroccan Arabic, "Small" (the adjective, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Sghir

(f) Sghira

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

صغير (m)

صغيرة (f)

In Moroccan Arabic, "Small" (in the plural form) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Sghar

(f) Sgharat

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

صغار (m)

صغارات (f)

Listen to these four words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
"Can we get a small pizza?"

3tina pizza sghira.

.عطينا پيتزا صغيرا

 
"That's a small dog!"

Hada kelb sghir!

!هادا كلب صغير

 
"Do you think this car is too small?"

Wach kaden bila had tomobile sghira bzf?

واش كاضن بيلا هاد طوموبيل صغيرا بزاف؟

 
"This table is too small to eat at."

Had tebla sghira bzf bach naklo fiha.

.هاد طبلا صغيرا بزاف باش ناكلو فيها

 
"I asked for a small plate of couscous."

Tlebt tbsil sghir dyal keskso.

.طلبت طبصيل صغير ديال كسكسو

 

Related words in Moroccan Arabic

"Large" in Moroccan Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

"Small" in Tunisian Arabic

"Small" in Greek

"Small" in Turkish
 

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